Snuffbox with six scenes of country pastimes
1774–75
Box by Pierre François Drais
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Maker/Artist
- Goguelye, Pierre-François
- Formatted Medium
- Gold, glass; miniatures: gouache on vellum
- Medium
- Gold, glass, miniatures: gouache on vellum
- Dimensions
- Overall (confirmed): 1 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. (3.5 x 8.5 x 6.4 cm); Miniaitures: Top, oval, 2 1/8 x 3 in. (53 x 74 mm); bottom, oval, 2 1/8 x 3 in. (53 x 74 mm); front 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (21 x 48 mm); back 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (21 x 48 mm); left side 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (21 x 48 mm); right side 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (21 x 48 mm)
- Departments
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Accession Number
- 17.190.1152
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Rights Statement
- public-domain
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